| Index: corelib/unified/math/base.dart | 
| diff --git a/corelib/unified/math/base.dart b/corelib/unified/math/base.dart | 
| index 1c358c87378c71b36e4f08eee092e850cf30900b..75696e842aafc879eb264a9c3482842a095bd88a 100644 | 
| --- a/corelib/unified/math/base.dart | 
| +++ b/corelib/unified/math/base.dart | 
| @@ -58,76 +58,21 @@ external int parseInt(String str); | 
| */ | 
| external double parseDouble(String str); | 
|  | 
| -/** | 
| -  * Returns the minimum of two numbers. If either argument is NaN returns NaN. | 
| -  * The minimum of [:-0.0:] and [:0.0:] is [:-0.0:]. If both arguments are | 
| -  * equal (int and doubles with the same mathematical value are equal) then | 
| -  * it is unspecified which of the two arguments is returned. | 
| -  */ | 
| num min(num a, num b) { | 
| -  if (a is num) { | 
| -    // TODO(floitsch): merge this if into the previous one, once dart2js | 
| -    // correctly propagates types for logical ands. | 
| -    if (b is num) { | 
| -      if (a > b) return b; | 
| -      if (a < b) return a; | 
| -      if (b is double) { | 
| -        // Special case for NaN and -0.0. If one argument is NaN return NaN. | 
| -        // [min] must also distinguish between -0.0 and 0.0. | 
| -        if (a is double) { | 
| -          if (a == 0.0) { | 
| -            // a is either 0.0 or -0.0. b is either 0.0, -0.0 or NaN. | 
| -            // The following returns -0.0 if either a or b is -0.0, and it | 
| -            // returns NaN if b is NaN. | 
| -            return (a + b) * a * b; | 
| -          } | 
| -        } | 
| -        // Check for NaN and b == -0.0. | 
| -        if (a == 0 && b.isNegative() || b.isNaN()) return b; | 
| -        return a; | 
| -      } | 
| -      return a; | 
| -    } | 
| -    throw new IllegalArgumentException(b); | 
| +  int c = a.compareTo(b); | 
| +  if (c == 0) return a; | 
| +  if (c < 0) { | 
| +    if ((b is double) && b.isNaN()) return b; | 
| +    return a; | 
| } | 
| -  throw new IllegalArgumentException(a); | 
| +  if ((a is double) && a.isNaN()) return a; | 
| +  return b; | 
| } | 
|  | 
| -/** | 
| -  * Returns the maximum of two numbers. If either argument is NaN returns NaN. | 
| -  * The maximum of [:-0.0:] and [:0.0:] is [:0.0:]. If both arguments are | 
| -  * equal (int and doubles with the same mathematical value are equal) then | 
| -  * it is unspecified which of the two arguments is returned. | 
| -  */ | 
| num max(num a, num b) { | 
| -  if (a is num) { | 
| -    // TODO(floitsch): merge this if into the previous one, once dart2js | 
| -    // correctly propagates types for logical ands. | 
| -    if (b is num) { | 
| -      if (a > b) return a; | 
| -      if (a < b) return b; | 
| -      if (b is double) { | 
| -        // Special case for NaN and -0.0. If one argument is NaN return NaN. | 
| -        // [max] must also distinguish between -0.0 and 0.0. | 
| -        if (a is double) { | 
| -          if (a == 0.0) { | 
| -            // a is either 0.0 or -0.0. b is either 0.0, -0.0, or NaN. | 
| -            // The following returns 0.0 if either a or b is 0.0, and it | 
| -            // returns NaN if b is NaN. | 
| -            return a + b; | 
| -          } | 
| -        } | 
| -        // Check for NaN. | 
| -        if (b.isNaN()) return b; | 
| -        return a; | 
| -      } | 
| -      // max(-0.0, 0) must return 0. | 
| -      if (b == 0 && a.isNegative()) return b; | 
| -      return a; | 
| -    } | 
| -    throw new IllegalArgumentException(b); | 
| -  } | 
| -  throw new IllegalArgumentException(a); | 
| +  // NaNs are handled correctly since the compareTo function always considers | 
| +  // them to be bigger than any other operand. | 
| +  return (a.compareTo(b) < 0) ? b : a; | 
| } | 
|  | 
| /** | 
|  |